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our economy, and the global economy. and i think he needed to be straight up and not say that the essentially what i'll do is look for ways around it. the republican caucus has, as i said ate the beginning, so dramatically changed from when i joined -- which has jurisdiction . the republican party has to decide how much it's willing to game, the economy of the united states. [inaudible] i'm not surprised. [inaudible] negotiations that resolved in a fairly -- [inaudible] have an effect on the regulatory regime, both in this country and europe. going in to that, what your reservation -- [inaudible] the deal that would emerge from the negotiations. what would you be most concerned about? >> i said in a meeting of the group that is looking at this, in my position, stated there was that we should undertake serious discussions between the u.s. and e.u. at the same time, i think we need to be realistic. i was -- [inaudible] what was that? over ten years ago, and i think there were unnecessarily optimistic views about how quickl
our economy, and the global economy. and i think he needed to be straight up and not say that the essentially what i'll do is look for ways around it. the republican caucus has, as i said ate the beginning, so dramatically changed from when i joined -- which has jurisdiction . the republican party has to decide how much it's willing to game, the economy of the united states. [inaudible] i'm not surprised. [inaudible] negotiations that resolved in a fairly -- [inaudible] have an effect on the...
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so there's a lot of thingness the economy where we know this where is the economy is going. we want to do it faster, but we also want to do it in a sustainable way, and the united states should want to lead in how we do that. >> mr. levin in the politics of abundance, there are several instances where you say the president could act on his own without congressional approval. what are some of those instances? >> guest: well, we lay out, for example, in the area of education, we -- i think the secretary of education has done great job of laying the foundation and now it's a question of how to accelerate it. certain things where the president works with the department of education could, for example, create a data exchange system which allows to us digitize and personalize education, very similar kind of thing in healthcare. so all kinds of different things the president using executive authority as in fact they have laid the foundation for already, could act to really accelerate that movement toward the digital platform. >> host: where does congress come in. >> in. >> guest: i
so there's a lot of thingness the economy where we know this where is the economy is going. we want to do it faster, but we also want to do it in a sustainable way, and the united states should want to lead in how we do that. >> mr. levin in the politics of abundance, there are several instances where you say the president could act on his own without congressional approval. what are some of those instances? >> guest: well, we lay out, for example, in the area of education, we -- i...
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economy and taxpayers from so. greatest risks created by the nation's largest financial institutions while providing plenty of space for the financial institutions to provide the plain, low risk client-oriented financial services that help the real economy grow. they are a lotble goals. almost unformally critics argue it's the very plain mainstream customer facing products that will be harmed. not necessarily by the text of the volcker rule as set forth in the dodd-frank act, but by the draconian interpretation of the rule at the october 2011 proposed rules would impose on the financial industry and their customers. notably, our foreign regulatory counter parts in europe, canada, and japan have been some of the fiercest critics of the prosed implementing rule. i had the fund last week to meet with regulators and industry participates in u.k. and ireland where i encouraged a -- encountered a distinct lack of enthusiasm for the volcker rule set forth by the u.k. independent commission on banking and e.u. indeed, sir
economy and taxpayers from so. greatest risks created by the nation's largest financial institutions while providing plenty of space for the financial institutions to provide the plain, low risk client-oriented financial services that help the real economy grow. they are a lotble goals. almost unformally critics argue it's the very plain mainstream customer facing products that will be harmed. not necessarily by the text of the volcker rule as set forth in the dodd-frank act, but by the...
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this is about looking up cross-border economy to take advantage of this huge growth in the mexican economy and to see how we can create jobs in the united states and how we can together as north americans actually compete with people in east asia, indian sub continent in brazil and we don't want to compete on wage rates. the way in which we compete economically and across borders by spring-training transaction costs down on the cross-border flows of goods because increasingly what we are seeing a shared reduction platforms in mexico and the united states for a single product. before that product is sold and finally assembled, it may have crossed the border to her three or four times. when we drive down the costs of crossing the border, we do ourselves a disservice. therefore when we approached the border, both in terms of security and economic competitiveness, we have to invest, but not the way we did in the past. we have to invest in infrastructure. we need to invest in new ways of managing cross-border flows. we have to reinvent many methods they used to get goods and people across the b
this is about looking up cross-border economy to take advantage of this huge growth in the mexican economy and to see how we can create jobs in the united states and how we can together as north americans actually compete with people in east asia, indian sub continent in brazil and we don't want to compete on wage rates. the way in which we compete economically and across borders by spring-training transaction costs down on the cross-border flows of goods because increasingly what we are seeing...